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Finding aid for the

Carl Chiarenza collection, 1957-1982

AG 87

Finding aid updated by Tai Huesgen, 2019

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AG 87: Carl Chiarenza - page 2

Carl Chiarenza, 1957-1982

AG 87

Creator Chiarenza, Carl, 1935-

Abstract Papers, 1957-1982, of Carl Chiarenza (1935- ), photographer, writer, editor and educator. Includes published and unpublished manuscripts, correspondence between Chiarenza and Aaron Siskind, taped interviews with Siskind, his friends, colleagues, students and other photographers and artists who knew him, background materials, a bibliography and exhibition list (compiled in conjunction with Stuart Alexander), and Chiarenza`s copy negatives of Siskind photographs -- materials generated by Chiarenza's extensive writing on Aaron Siskind, (circa 1970 - 1982). The bulk of the collection consists of Chiarenza's work on his Ph.D. dissertation, Terrors and Pleasures: The Life and Work of Aaron Siskind, (Harvard University, January 1973), and his book, Aaron Siskind: Pleasures and Terrors, (New York Graphic Society, 1982).

This collection also includes the records of Contemporary Photographer magazine, (1960-1970), which Chiarenza edited from 1966 to 1968.

Quantity/ Extent 12.75 linear feet

Language of Materials English

Biographical Note Photographer, writer, editor and educator Carl Chiarenza was born in Rochester, New York on September 5, 1935. Chiarenza resides in Rochester, serving as Artist-in-Residence and Fanny Knapp Allen Professor Emeritus of Art History at the University of Rochester.

Chiarenza earned both an Associate in Applied Science degree in 1955 and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1957 from Rochester Institute of Technology, as well as a Master of Science in 1959 and a Master of Art in 1964 from Boston University; Chiarenza also received a PhD from Harvard University in 1973.

Chiarenza has worked extensively at a vast number of institutions throughout the United States. He worked as a chairman, Director of Graduate Studies, and professor of art history at Boston University from 1963 to 1986, as well as taught at Smith College


and Cornell University, among others. From 1986 to 1998, Chiarenza was Fanny Knapp Professor at University of Rochester. His other career endeavors include working as the associate editor and editor of the magazine Contemporary Photography from 1963 to 1969, as a trustee of the Visual Studies Workshop, the director of the Photographic Resource Center, and an officer at the Society for Photographic Education. Chiarenza has served as a member of various committees at the George Eastman House, as a member of the International Advisory Council at the International Center of Photography, and as a chairman for the Photographics Collection of the Harvard University Art Museums Committee on Collections. Chiarenza was also a cofounder of the Society of Heliographers from 1962 to 1964, and a cofounder of Imageworks from 1971 to 1973.

Carl Chiarenza has published many essays and monographs. Some of his notable publications include Landscapes of the Mind (David R Godine, Boston, 1988), Evocations (Nazraeli Press, Tucson, 2002), Solitudes (Lodima Press, Revere, PA, 2005), and the critical biography Aaron Siskind: Pleasures and Terrors (Little, Brown, Boston, 1982) which won Chiarenza a Photographic Historical Society merit award.

Chiarenza is best known for his contemporary photography which often feature abstract objects focusing on light, form, and color. Chiarenza’s work has been in over 80 solo exhibitions and 250 group exhibitions since 1957, at institutions including the International Center of Photography, George Eastman House, Museum of Modern Art and National Museum of American Art. Permanent installations of Chiarenza’s work live at the Rochester Institute of Technology and University of Rochester, amid others.

In 1987 Carl Chiarenza gifted the Center of Creative Photography his archival collection which includes papers, 1960-1982, containing published and unpublished manuscripts, correspondence between Chiarenza and Aaron Siskind, taped interviews with Siskind, his friends, colleagues, students and other photographers and artists who knew him, background materials, a bibliography and exhibition list (compiled in conjunction with Stuart Alexander), and Chiarenza`s copy negatives of Siskind photographs -- materials generated by Chiarenza's extensive writing on Aaron Siskind, (ca. 1970 - 1982). The bulk of the collection consists of Chiarenza's work on his Ph.D. dissertation, Terrors and Pleasures: The Life and Work of Aaron Siskind, (Harvard University, January 1973), and his book, Aaron Siskind: Pleasures and Terrors, (New York Graphic Society, 1982). Before coming to the Center for Creative Photography, the material in this collection was housed at the Archives of American Art where it was copied onto microfilm and is currently available for research.

For a complete chronology of Carl Chiarenza, consult Chiarenza: Landscapes of the Mind, (New York Graphic Society 1988).


Scope and Content Note The material in this collection has been divided into two separate series: Chiarenza's writings on Aaron Siskind, and the records of Contemporary Photographer magazine.

Series 1, Writings about Aaron Siskind, relates to Carl Chiarenza's writings about Aaron Siskind. It includes published and unpublished manuscripts, taped interviews and transcriptions, research files, bibliography and exhibition lists (compiled in conjunction with Stuart Alexander), correspondence, Chiarenza's copy negatives of Siskind's prints, and chapter drafts for both his Ph.D. dissertation, Terrors and Pleasures: The Life and Work of Aaron Siskind (January 1973), and his book, Aaron Siskind: Pleasures and Terrors (1982). Also included are illustrations and some galleys for the book. No book dummies or final corrected proofs are contained within the collection.

Due to the complicated nature of the manuscript materials, most of which are undated, more research is need to completely process the collection and arrange the manuscripts chronologically.

Series 2, Contemporary Photographer Records includes magazine copy, business correspondence, letters from contributors and readers, advertising and promotion files, and miscellaneous other materials related to the publication. No layouts or galleys are included in the collection. The Center for Creative Photography has a complete set of Contemporary Photographer in its library archives (TR1 C67).

Appendix A, Index to publications, is a list of the Contemporary Photographer publication information.

Arrangement Series 1: Writings about Aaron Siskind, n.d., 1957-1982, 16 boxes

Series 2: Contemporary Photographer records, n.d., 1961-1970, 2 boxes

Appendix A: Index to publications

Names and Subject Terms Chiarenza, Carl, 1935- [http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500333278]

Siskind, Aaron [http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500024299]

Restrictions Conditions Governing Access

Access to this collection requires an appointment with the Volkerding Study Center.

Before coming to the Center for Creative Photography the material in this collection went to the Archives of American Art where it was copied onto microfilm and is currently available for research.

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Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission from the copyright owner (which could be the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates or literary executors) prior to any copyright-protected uses of the collection.

The user agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents, the University of Arizona, Center of Creative Photography, including its officers, employees, and agents, from and against all claims made relating to copyright or other intellectual property infringement.

Provenance This collection was a gift from Carl Chiarenza in 1987.

Preferred Citation Carl Chiarenza collection, 1957-1982. AG 87. Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

Processing Information The collection was processed in June and July 1988 by Mary Anne Redding. The finding aid was updated by Caroline Ross in 2018 and again by Tai Huesgen in 2019.


Container List

Series 1: Aaron Siskind writings, n.d., 1957-1982 Note: Contains early writings (circa 1970-1977) by Carl Chiarenza about Aaron Siskind, manuscripts, and undated research files (box 1); writings by and about Aaron Siskind, Chiarenza’s expenses and research proposals pertaining to his work on Siskind (box 2); background research materials, clippings, and published and unpublished manuscripts (box 3). Extent: 42 folders/16 boxes

Subseries 1: Writings by Carl Chiarenza, n.d., circa 1970-1977 Description: Contains early writings, (circa 1970-1977), by Carl Chiarenza about Aaron Siskind, manuscripts and undated research files. Extent: 13 folders/1 box

Box Folder

1 1 Carl Chiarenza introduces Aaron Siskind

2 Transcripts from a taped interview with Aaron Siskind, April 27, 1970.

3 “Siskind – Argumentative Essay (1st draft)”

4 “Form and Content in the Early Work of Aaron Siskind (Original ms.)”

5 “Form and Content in the Early Work of Aaron Siskind (Massachusetts Review)”

6 “Form and Content in the Early Work of Aaron Siskind (Massachusetts Review)”

7 “Siskind’s Critics”



10 “Aaron Siskind – Photographic Picture Maker”

11 “Siskind/Kline”

12 “Photographs by Aaron Siskind: Homage to Franz Kline”

13 “DeKooning/Siskind bibliography notes”

Subseries 2: Writings by and about Aaron Siskind, expenses, research proposals, n.d., 1957-1979 Description: Includes writings by and about Aaron Siskind; Chiarenza’s expenses and research proposals pertaining to his work on Siskind. Extent: 20 folders/1 box

2 1 Siskind research proposals


2 Siskind expenses

3 Aaron Siskind – early resume

4 Articles written by Aaron Siskind

5 Notes from a talk Aaron Siskind delivered at a George Eastman House opening, March 26, 1965

6 SPACES – guest curator, Aaron Siskind

7 Book review of Harlem Document: Photographs 1932-1940

8 “Siskind people – names and addresses (Ph.D. dissertation)”

9 Henry Holmes Smith on Aaron Siskind, February 1965

10 Tim Druckrey’s poem about Aaron Siskind

11 “Fifty Years in Photography and Still Going Strong.” By Herb Snitzer

12 “A Study of Aaron Siskind, the artist and his art, through a study of Freudian Psychology.” by Karen Schuchman

13 “Bucks County: Photographs of early Architecture.” Afterimage review

14 Aaron Siskind lecture at the Art Institute of Chicago, November 7, 1957, transcription of tape and notes

15 Center for Creative Photography – Videotapes of Aaron Siskind

16 Center for Creative Photography – Siskind photographs (as of January 3, 1979)

17 Siskind photographs in the George Eastman House collection

18 Aaron Siskind – Exhibition announcements

19 Clippings about Siskind

20 Clippings about Siskind

Subseries 3: Research materials and manuscripts, n.d., 1968-1980 Description: Background research materials, clippings, published and unpublished manuscripts. Extent: 19 folders/1 box

3 1 Photo League

2 Photo League, Lou Stettner

3 Photo League, Anne Tucker


4 Photo League, David Vestal

5 “The Origins and Development of Abstract Expressionism in the U.S.” by Francis M. Celantana

6 Pavia material on Abstract Expressionism

7 “Henry Geldzahler, New York Painting and Sculpture 1940-1970”

8 “New York School: The First Generation: paintings of the 1940’s & 1950’s” L. A. County Museum of Art

9 Thomas B. Hess, Barnett Newman

10 Motherwell & DeKooning

11 “30 years of the New York School” Hilton Kramer

12 Modern Artists in America 1951

13 “Ashton – The Unknown Shore & A Reading of Modern Art”

14 “Artform Volume 9, May 1968, Sandler”

15 Charles Traub & Light Gallery 1980, Aperture ms

16 “Photography as a Medium of Fine Art,” Benson R. Helprin, 1:2 Image, 1970

17 “The Abstract Turn: The Fetishism of Form in Post-War America.”

18 “Symbol, Sight and Society: An Inquiry into the Social Conditioning of Art,” Jennifer Todd

19 Clippings – Art World

Subseries 4: Audiovisual material, n.d., 1957-1981 Description: Audio tapes, reel-to-reel and cassette tapes. Extent: 51 tapes/1 box

4 Thirty-six (36), 5 inch, reel-to-reel audiotapes

Three (3), 7 inch, reel-to-reel audiotapes

Siskind tape 1: On self, TV-11 Chicago, 1967

TV interview 1957

Lecture at the Art Institute of Chicago, 1958

Siskind tape 2: Lecture Rhode Island School of Design, 1969


Siskind tape 3: Siskind, Jerome Liebling, Nathan Lyons, Minneapolis, 1965? MP3 CD duplicate made 2/2014

Siskind tape 5:

Side one: Chiarenza in conversation with Ken Josephson about Aaron Siskind as a teacher, 546 Wellington, Chicago, June 20, 1970.

Side two: Chiarenza/conversation with Aaron Siskind while looking at early work, 1930-1942, June 21, 1970, 546 Wellington, Chicago. Reference CD’s available for tape 5,/MP3 CD duplicate made 2/2014

Siskind tape 6: Conversation with Aaron Siskind while looking at work 1944-1957, 546 Wellington, Chicago, June 21, 1970. Reference CD’s available for tape 6; MP3 CD duplicate made 2/2014

Siskind tape 7: A – single talk – Chicago, June 10, 1970, 546 Welliongton.

Conversation with Aaron at downtown motel, Madisonville, Kentucky, June 15, 1970.

Siskind tape 8: A. S. biog. with Chiarenza; Kentucky June 15 & 17, 1970

Siskind tape 9: Siskind/Chiarenza, June 1970; Siskind ID seminar, Spring 1966, dubbed from tape by Barbara Crane

Siskind tape 10: Siskind/Chiarenza, August 1970

Siskind tape 11: Walter Teller, August 24, 1970

Siskind tape 12: Leo and Alice Yamin, Chilmark August 20, 1970; MP3 CD duplicate made 2/2014

Siskind tape 13: Side one: Bill Lipkind, August 19, 1970; side two: Chilmark, August 19, 1970; MP3 CD duplicate made 2/2014

Siskind tape 14: Side one: Chiarenza interview with Nathan Lyons about Siskind; interview with Roger Mertin about Siskind; Visual Studies Workshop, Sept 9, 1970

Side two: Interview with Nathan Lyons, Sept 9, 1970; MP3 CD duplicate made 2/2014

Siskind tape 15: Siskind/Chiarenza discussion of ID theses, June 19, 1970


Siskind tape 16: Side one: Critiques at Institute of Design, circa 1966-1967; lecture by Siskind at Dunham Woods Riding Club, Problems of Photography as Art, fall 1967

Side two: Siskind lecture on movements in photography – the classic tradition, etc., Art Institute of Design, 1958(?); 60% of NET Chicago interview, 1967 MP3 CD duplicate made 2/2014

Siskind tape 17: interview with Tom Barrow, August 10, 1970; symposium at ID, 1958: A. S., Frederick Sommer, Arthur Siegel, Katherine Kuhn, George Cohern

Siskind tape 18: interviews with students re: Aaron Siskind by Carl Chiarenza, June 11, 1970

Siskind tape 19: Barbara Crane & Jim Newbury, June 1970

Siskind tape 20: Siskind discussion with grad students, Spring 1966; Nathan Lyons

Siskind tape 21: Walter Teller, March 11, 1971

Siskind tape 22: Cathy Spencer, March 8, 1971; MP3 CD duplicate made 2/2014

Siskind tape 23: Walter Rosenblum, March 13, 1971. [Listening copy available (2 CDs made 04/2010]

Siskind tape 24: Morris Engel, March 7, 1971 and Noah Goldowsky, March 8, 1971. [Listening copy available (2 CDs made 04/2010)]

Siskind tape 25: Elaine DeKooning, March 10, 1971 and Adoph Gottlieb, March 12, 1971.

Siskind tape 26: Len Gittleman, February 26, 1971. [Listening copy available (2 CDs made 1/2007)]

Siskind tape 27: Harry Callahan, Carl Chiarenza, Aaron Siskind, June 21, 1971.

Siskind tape 28: Minor White, March 21, 1971; Harry Callahan & Aaron Siskind interviewed by Carl Chiarenza, March 27, 1971.

Siskind tape 29: “?” [on box, contents unknown]

Siskind tape 30: Siskind on Chilmark, August 7-9, 1974; MP3 CD duplicate made 2/2014


Siskind tape 31: Siskind interview, Chilmark, August 7, 1974; MP3 CD duplicate made 2/2014

Siskind tape 32: Siskind interviewed about Homage to Franz Kline series, Providence, RI, May 13, 1975 and May 27, 1975; MP3 CD duplicate made 2/2014

Siskind tape 33: Howard Thurman.

Siskind tape 34: Duplicate of Max Yavno on Siskind, September 19, 1971; MP3 CD duplicate made 2/2014

Siskind tape 35: Max Yavno interview with comments by Robert Heinecken, September 18 and 19, 1971; MP3 CD duplicate made 2/2014

Siskind tape 36: Max Yavno on Siskind, September 19, 1971; MP3 CD duplicate made 2/2014

Siskind tape 37: Jane Teller, August 8, 1974

Siskind tape 38: (DUP) Max Yavno interview with comments by Robert Heinecken, September 18 and 19, 1971; MP3 CD duplicate made 2/2014

Siskind tape 39: Aaron Siskind discusses his own work with Jaromir “Jerry” Stephany

Siskind tape 40: (DUP) Walter Rosenblum on Aaron Siskind, Morris Engel, Paul Strand and the Photo League, March 13, 1971; MP3 CD duplicate made 2/2014

Twenty-two (22), 90-minute audiocassette tapes

1) Siskind/Providence, April 27 (tape one of three) 2) Siskind/Providence, April 27 (tape two of three) 3) Siskind/Providence, April 27 (tape three of three) 4) Siskind, May 9 (tape one of three) 5) Siskind, May 9 (tape two of three) 6) Siskind, May 9 (tape three of three) 7) Aaron Siskind, Providence with Chiarenza, May 6, 1979 (1970s) 8) Aaron Siskind, Providence with Chiarenza, August 5, 1979 (1970s) 9) Aaron Siskind, Providence with Chiarenza, August 6, 1979 (1970s) 10) Aaron Siskind, Providence with Chiarenza, March 3, 1980 (tape A-1) 11) Aaron Siskind, Providence with Chiarenza, March 3, 1980 (tape B-1) 12) Aaron Siskind, Providence with Chiarenza, March 3, 1980 (tape C-1) 13) Chapter Six: Siskind / Providence, January 18, 1981. 14) Chapter Six: Siskind / Providence, January 18, 1981.


15) Chapter Seven: Siskind / Providence, March 13, 1981. (tapes A&B) 16) Chapter Seven: Siskind / Providence, March 13, 1981. (tapes C&D) 17) Chapter Seven: Siskind / Providence, March 13, 1981. (tapes E&F) 18) Siskind, March 29, 1981 (tape one of two) 19) Siskind, March 29, 1981 (tape two of two) 20) Side A: March 29, 1981 and Side B: May 15, 1981 (tape three) 21) May 15, 1981 22) Siskind / Chiarenza, June 1981. (on Sommer, Muncie, Cincinnati, &

Waildorf-Cedar club)

4 Tape transcriptions: 25 folders

1 tape 1-C

2 tape 2 RISD talk, 1969

3 tape 3 Siskind, Leibling, Minneapolis

4 tape 4

5 tape 5 Ken Josephson on Aaron Siskind as a teacher

6 tape 7 Chicago & Kentucky

7 tape 8 Biog. Etc

8 tape 9-B grad seminar, Spring 1966

9 tape 10 Aaron Siskind /Carl Chiarenza

10 tape 11 Walter Teller

11 tape 12 Alice & Leo Yamin

12 tape 13 Bill Lipkind

13 tape 14-A&C Nathan Lyons

14 tape 14-B Roger Mertin

15 tape 15 Aaron Siskind / Carl Chiarenza teaching at Institute of Design

16 tape 16 Institute of Design critique and three talks

17 tape 17-A Tom Barrow

18 tape 17-B Roger Mertin

19 tape 18 interview with students, Chicago, June 1970


20 tape 19 interview with Barbara Crane and Jim Newbury, June 1970

21 tape 20 Aaron Siskind and Grads, Spring 1966

22 Miscellaneous tape transcriptions

23 JM tape I, Decepber 31, 1978

24 JM tape VIII, March 23, 1979

25 CCP tape: Providence, interview with Aaron Siskind, May 6, 1979.

Subseries 5: Research notes, n.d. Description: Notes made on index cards while researching Aaron Siskind. Includes citations, bibliographic references, dates, and general information. Extent: 2 boxes

5 Research notes: index cards

6 Research notes: index cards

Subseries 6: Chronological index of Siskind photographs, n.d. Description: Chronological index (incomplete) of Siskind’s photographs. Includes 35mm contact prints and Polaroids. Extent: 1 box

7 35mm contact prints arranged by date and location

Five (5) negatives, two of which are copy negatives

Unidentified Polaroids of Aaron Siskind’s work

Twenty (20) Polaroids of pictures of Aaron Siskind

Identified Polaroids of Aaron Siskind’s work

Subseries 7: Copy negatives, n.d. Description: Chiarenza’s copy negatives of Aaron Siskind’s photographs. Quantity: 300 negatives Extent: 1 box

8 35mm copy negatives

Subseries 8: Research notes and chapter drafts, n.d., circa 1970s Description: Chiarenza’s research notes and chapter drafts for his Ph.D. dissertation and book. Includes illustrations and the contract and publication announcements for the book. Extent: 90 folders/3 boxes

9 1 Contract with Little, Brown & Company for “Aaron Siskind: Pleasures and Terrors”

2 Publication announcement for Aaron Siskind: Pleasures and Terrors


3 “Questions for A”

4 Comments on text

5 “Originals of retyped pages”

6-12 Research notes

13 Research notes, 1970s

14 “Siskind – 1st draft”

15 “Notes – chapter one”

16 “II – Beginnings 1903 - 1930”

17 “II – Beginnings 1903 - 1930 2nd draft”

18 “III – Documentary 1930 - 1942”

19 “III – Documentary 1930 - 1942 2nd draft”

20 “IV – Turning Point 1943 - 1945”

21 “V – Abstract Expressionism 1946 - 1951”

22 “V – Abstract Expressionism 1946 - 1951,” 2nd draft”

23 “VI – Teaching Chicago 1951 - 1971”

24 “VI – A 2nd draft”

25 “VI-B1 Cathy Spencer 2nd draft”

26 “VI-B2 Caroline 2nd draft”

27 “VI-C Institute of Design 2nd draft”

28 “VI-D Artists statements 2nd draft”

29 “VI-E Criticism 2nd draft”

30 “IV 2nd draft”

10 1 Lists of illustrations

2 Illustrations

3 Illustrations

4 Illustrations

5 Illustrations


6 “Preliminaries”

7 “Chapter one – Aaron’s copy”

8 “Chapter two – draft”

9-11 “Chapter two”

12 “Chapter three – draft”

13-14 “Chapter three”

15-16 “Chapter three – Turning Point 1943 - 1945”

17 “Chapter four – draft”

18-20 “Chapter four”

20-21 “Chapter four – Abstract Expressionism 1946 - 1951”

22-23 “Chapter five”

24 “Chapter five – Chicago 1951 - 1971”

25 “Chapter six – draft”

26 “Chapter seven – draft”

11 1 “Acknowledgements, etc…”

2 “Introduction”

3-4 “Chapter one”

5 “Chapter two (May 1980)”

6 “Chapter three (July 1980)”

7 “Chapter four (August 1980)”

8 “Chapter five – draft”

9 “Chapter five 1946 - 1949 (September 1980)”

10 “Chapter six – draft”

11 “Chapter six (February 1981)”

12 “Chapter seven – draft”

13 “Chapter seven (3/80 - 5/80)”

14-15 “Chapter nine”


16 “Chapter one”

17 “Chapter two”

18 “Chapter three”

19 “Chapter four”

20 “Chapter five”

21 “Chapter six”

22 “Chapter seven”

23 “Chapter eight”

24 “Chapter nine”

25 “Chapter one”

26 “Chapter two”

27 “Chapter three”

28 “Chapter four”

29 “Chapter five”

30 “Chapter six”

31 “Chapter seven”

32 “Chapter eight”

33 “Chapter nine”

34 “Introduction & chapter notes”

Subseries 9: Bibliography and exhibition lists, n.d. Description: Bibliography and Exhibition Lists – compiled in conjunction with Stuart Alexander. Extent: 9 folders/1 box

12 1 Bibliography – index cards

2 Exhibitions – index cards

3 Siskind exhibition notes

4-9 Siskind working bibliography notes

Subseries 10: Oversize materials, n.d. Description: Oversize publication materials. Extent: 1 box


13 Galleys and oversize illustrations

Subseries 11: Terrors and Pleasures: The Life and Work of Aaron Siskind manuscripts, n.d., 1973 Description: Terrors and Pleasures: The Life and Work of Aaron Siskind. Harvard University. January 1973. Extent: 2 boxes

14 Harvard manuscript (text only; 2 copies, 1 corrected & 1 final)

15 1 Draft of “Terrors and Pleasures: The Life and Work of Aaron Siskind”

2 Proofed manuscript of “Aaron Siskind: Pleasures and Terrors” returned to Carl Chiarenza from the New York Graphic Society

Subseries 12: Correspondence and miscellaneous, n.d., 1960-1982 Extent: 10 folders/1 box

16 1 Miscellaneous correspondence from Aaron Siskind, 1970

2 Miscellaneous correspondence to Carl Chiarenza, 1970 - 1982

3 Correspondence: Center for Creative Photography, 1976 - 1980

4 Correspondence from Aaron Siskind to Carl Chiarenza, 1971 - 1972

5 Miscellaneous correspondence to Aaron Siskind, 1971 - 1980

6 Correspondence: New York Graphic Society, 1982

7 Carl Chiarenza’s Christmas Card, n.d.

8-9 Miscellaneous

10 Provincetown Review, paid invoices, 1960-1962

Series 2: Contemporary Photographer records, n.d., 1961-1970 Note: Includes business files, correspondence from contributors, photographers and readers and copy. Arrangement is chronological. Extent: 143 folders/2 boxes

Box Folder

17 1 “Active plans for money”

2 “Advertising”

3 “Advertising promotion and brochure”

4 “Articles”

5 Clippings

6-7 “Editorial”


8 “Exhibitions and Book Reviews”

9 “General”

10 “Letterheads”

11 “Lockwood, Lee”

12 “Lockwood: statement of plan”

13 “Memo”

14 “Miscellaneous copy”

15 “Movie-makers’

16 “Museums & Galleries”

17 Newspaper clippings about Contemporary Photographer

18 “Official”

19 “Promotional copy”

20 Technical information for contributors

21 “Vestal articles”

22-23 Miscellaneous – George Eastman House

24 “Copy of advertising correspondence”

25 “Correspondence received but not answered”

26 “Correspondence: records,” 1961 - 1962

27 “Correspondence with contributors,” 1961

28 “General,” 1961

29 “Finance,” 1961

30 “Hill, Tim,” 1961 - 1963

31 “Letters of appreciation,” 1961

32 “Lyons, Nat [Nathan],” 1961

33 “Museums and galleries,” 1961

34 “Ralph & Al,” 1961

35 “Joseph Luyber, Saturday Review, 1961


36 “Snitzer, Herb,” 1961

37 “State of the Union Report,” October 1, 1961

38 “Subscribers,” 1961

39 Correspondence “with other magazine editors,” 1961

40 “Williamson, Carole,” 1961 - 1962

41 “Ansel, Adams,” 1962

42 “Advertising,” 1962

43 “Book publishers,” 1962

44 “Contributors – Articles, Miscellaneous,” 1962

45 “Fine Photographers SVC – Richard Jaquish,” 1962

46 “Gallery & museum announcements,” 1962

47 “Galleries & museums,” 1962

48 “Photographers,” 1962

49 “Readers,” 1962

50 “Rochester conference on teaching photography,” 1962

51 “Schuster, Lawrence,” 1962

52 “Unsolicited contributors,” 1962-1963

53 Correspondence “with other magazine editors,” 1962

54 “Apology letter” December 1, 1963

55 “Book publishers,” 1963

56 “Camera clubs,” 1963

57 “Chiarenza, Carl,” 1963

58 “Chiarenza, Carl,” 1963-1970

59 “Chicago Art Institute,” 1963

60 “Contributors – Summer 1963”

61 “Miscellaneous,” 1961

18 1-2 Copy, Fall 1963


3 Copy, Fall 1963, Bill Hansen & Jerry Uelsmann

4 “Cost figures,” 1963

5 “Craven, George,” 1963

6 “Editorial correspondence,” 1963

7 “Edwards, Hugh,” 1963

8 “Expenses,” 1963

9 “Guggenheim,” 1963

10 “Fall issue,” 1963

11 “Herion, Matt,” 1963

12 “Layout data,” Fall 1963

13 “Letter to Teachers,” October 4, 1963

14 “Lyons, Nathan,” 1963

15 “Magazine invoices,” 1963

16 “Magazine sales,” 1963

17 “Miscellaneous,” 1963

18 “Museum of Modern Art,” 1963

19 “Museums & galleries,” 1963

20 “New subscriptions,” 1963

21 “Patterson, Pat,” 1963

22 “Photographers,” 1963

23 “Photographers, general,” 1963

24 “Photographers Place,” 1963

25 Press releases, 1963

26 “Promotion,” 1963

27 “Readers,” 1963

28 “Readers, correspondence,” 1963

29 “Spring 1963 – copy”


30 “Spring issue,” 1963

31 “Strand, Paul,” 1963

32 “Subscriptions,” 1963

33 “Copy – Summer 1963”

34 “Symposia,” 1963

35 “Teachers,” 1963

36 “White, Minor,” 1963

37 “Wohlleben,” 1963

38 A.S.M.P. 1963

39 “Advertising and promotion,” 1964

40 “Bravos,” 1964

41 Camera/Infinity, 1964

42 Society for Photographic Education, 1964

43 Chiarenza, Carl, 1964

44 “Circulation,” 1964

45 “Copy – Winter 1964”

46 “Correspondence – Spring 1964”

47 “Correspondence – Winter 1964”

48 “Craven, George,” 1964

49 “Dean, Nick,” 1964

50 “Foundations, correspondence,” 1964

51 Grossman Publishers, 1964

52 Heliography Gallery, 1964

53 “Heron, Reginald,” 1964

54 “Lyons, Nathan,” 1964

55 “Magazine editors,” 1964

56 Miscellaneous – releases, 1964


57 Museum of Modern Art, 1964

58 “Photography magazines, 1964

59 “Promotion releases,”1964

60 “Readers correspondence,” 1964

61 “Refusals,” 1964

62 “Sales correspondence,” 1964

63 “White, Minor,” 1964

64 “Copy – Summer 1964/65”

65 “Potpourri,” 1964 - 1965

66 “CP correspondence answered,” 1965

67 “Correspondence,” 1965

68 “Lyons, Nate,” 1965

69 Museum of Modern Art, 1965

70 “P-J issue excess,” 1965

71 “CP – carbons of correspondence,” 1966

72-73 Volume 5, Number 3 1966

74 Copy – Volume 5, Number 4 1967

75 Sheeler, Charles – Volume 6, Number 1 1967

76 Paste-up – Volume 6, Number 1 1967

77 Chiarenza editorial & book reviews – Volume 6, Number 3

78 “Complete text” – Volume 6, Number 3

79 Copy – Volume 6, Number 3

80 Letter of Resignation, Carl Chiarenza, May 13, 1970

81 Resignation Letters, Carl Chiarenza, May 1970

82 SPE issue never published


Appendix A: Index to publications Carl Chiarenza was an early contributor and supporter of Contemporary Photographer magazine published in Oberlin, Ohio. In 1966 he became an associate editor and in 1967 took over editorship from Lee Lockwood. The magazine folded in 1970 and Chiarenza retained its files. The collection includes copy for a 1970 projected issue about the Society for Photographic Education that was never completed.

CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHER

Volume I, Number 1 May - June 1960

Thomas M. Hill, editor and publisher.

Volume I, Number 2 July - August 1960

Thomas M. Hill, editor and publisher.

Volume II, Number 1 Summer 1961

Donald Wright Patterson, Jr., editor and publisher.

Volume II, Number 2 Fall 1961


Volume III, Number 1 Winter 1962


Volume III, Number 2 Spring 1962


Volume III, Number 3 Summer 1962

Donald Wright Patterson, Jr., editor and J. D. Wohlleben, publisher.

Volume III, Number 4 Fall 1962

Donald Wright Patterson, Jr., editor and J. D. Wohlleben, publisher.

Volume IV, Number 1 Winter 1963

Donald Wright Patterson, Jr., editor and Wohlleben, publisher.

Volume IV, Number 2 Spring 1963

Donald Wright Patterson, Jr., editor, Lee Lockwood, associate editor, and J. D. Wohlleben, publisher.

Volume IV, Number 3 Summer 1963

Lee Lockwood, editor and J. D. Wohlleben, publisher.

Volume IV, Number 4 Fall 1963



Volume V, Number 1 Winter 1964


Volume V, Number 2 Spring 1964-65


Volume V, Number 3 1966

Lee Lockwood, editor, Carl Chiarenza, associate editor, and J. D. Wohlleben, publisher.

Volume V, Number 4 1967

Carl Chiarenza, editor and J. D. Wohlleben, publisher.

Volume VI, Number 1 1967


Volume VI, Number 2 1968


Documents

Center for Creative Photography The University of Arizona · 2 Siskind expenses . 3 Aaron Siskind – early resume . 4 Articles written by Aaron Siskind . 5 Notes from a talk Aaron